The Young Vic plans to livestream all of its future productions, its artistic director has said, insisting theatre can never go back to being something that can only be experienced by physically being there. The hope is that there will be two live streams of each future production with tickets capped at about 500. “I do want to emphasise it is not in any way a replacement for live theatre, not in any way something I think will compete with the live experience. For the Young Vic it will be a collaboration between human playwrights, in the shape of Chinonyerem Odimba and Nina Segal, and GPT-3 OpenAI technology. “Let us see if we are still needed!”Kwei-Armah’s career has included acting (five years in Casualty), writing (Elmina’s Kitchen), and leading Baltimore’s Center Stage theatre before succeeding David Lan at the Young Vic.

Source: The Guardian May 06, 2021 06:00 UTC